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JOHN JACKSON, OE HAETEO'ED, CONNECTICUT, AssIGNOE OE ONE-HALE Hrs EIGHT TO GEOEGE EOHEMAYEE, OE sAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS PoR cHE'cKlNG HORSES.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,244, datedSeptembcr 30, 1873; application filed December 30, 1872.

To all whom it may concern: A y Be it known that I, JOHN J AoKsoN, of Hart-` ford, in the county of Hartford and State of (lonnecticut, have invented a new and useful Horse-Hitching Attachment for Wagons and other Vehicles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view of a pleasure-wagon havingmy attachment. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of the attachment detached from the wagon. Fig. 3 is a top view of the parts shown in Fig. 3, the dotted line indicating the side of the wagon. l

The letters a a indicate a bent lever, of which a may be called the upright part, and a the horizontal part, pivoted to the side of the wagon upon the pin c. part a is a half-gear, d, with spur-gears meshing into the gear e, which is a collar or rim gear slipped upon the inner side ofthe hub f. The tcp of the upright a is three-pronged, or of other convenient form, and to this are fastened the reins when the horse stops and the driver wishes to alight.

While the carriage or wagon is in motion -the rod a remains suspended by the hook and chain g, so that the half-wheel l is not in mesh with the gear e; but when the driver alights he releases the rod a and puts it into mesh If,now, the horse backs, the

motions are not interfered with. If he starts forward the top of the rod a is thrown backward, and the horse is checked by a backward Upon the end of the y pull upon the reins. When this backward pull has increased to such a force thatV further force is useless, the half -wheel d will have.l

a being varied to adapt it to the position of' the pivot. The attachment may be placed upon either side of the wagon, and used upon a twowheeled as well as a four-Wheeled ve hicle.

I am aware of the patent to John C. Hancock and Edward P. Richardson for horsedetaching apparatus,77 dated July l2, 1870 5 but I lay no claim to the invention which does or lawfully might form the subject-matter of said patent.

I claim as myinvention- The rod a a', pivoted to the vehicle, one end coming up at the front or side of the same, and the other end bearing the halfgear d, or its equivalent, meshing into the gear e, attached to the hub or wheel, the whole combined and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

i JOHN JACKSON.

Witnesses i WM. E. SIMONDs, JOHN POLLITT. 

